Vegan Spiced Apple Crumb Muffins

For this month’s C.L.U.E. round, apples and pears are the theme. I was lucky enough to have been assigned to Heather from girlichef. I have been acquainted with Heather for some time, primarily through Food ‘n Flix (her brainchild and a really fun and creative club). I am in awe of Heather. Her blog is beautiful, her photography is excellent and her sense of humor is right in line with mine.

Make the crumb topping: Combine all dry ingredients in a small bowl. Add coconut oil and almond milk and rub together with your fingers until you have crumbs the size of peas or small pebbles. Set aside.

Prepare muffin batter: Toss apples with cornstarch and set aside. In a large bowl, whisk together coconut oil, maple syrup, and almond milk. Sift everything else (except the walnuts) into the bowl and stir until just combine. Gently fold in the apples and walnuts. Divide batter amongst muffin tins. Divide crumb topping over each. Slide into the oven and bake for 20-30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Because there is no egg in these muffins, they were a bit crumbly and I would definitely recommend using muffin wrappers. They were still incredibly moist though, if that makes sense. There were no complaints at the meeting (about the muffins or the proposed tasks at hand). Thank you Heather for helping us jump start our morning!

These are definitely bribe material – ha! Thank you so much for your kind words, Debra – you totally made my day. And I think it’s about time for me to make a batch of these muffins again; yours look beautiful!

Oh!! I think I have a little muffin love going on here!!! Apples and muffins are probably my all time favorite… and vegan makes this so my whole family can have it. Love, love this recipe! And the way you wrapped the muffins… looks so pretty.

Wow, what an awesome muffin recipe. I have an apple tree that is producing now. Plus an Asian pear which is a better cooking pear than an eating pear. So this recipe is definitely in my wheelhouse this time of year.